• Diuretic_Materialism [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      20·
      11 days ago

      They’re not really mutually inclusive either, I’d have to see this “mistranslated statement” to really judge here, this whole tweet and the correction are pretty vague on details.

      • Rojo27 [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
        9·
        11 days ago

        Yeah, I was checking the article, but didn’t see the quote, unless I missed. It does have an aside about how the developers have made disparaging remarks about women.

  • Awoo [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
    23·
    11 days ago

    The developer comes across as the kind of ultra bro-ish 90s gaming magazine kind of guy. With that said the extent of the sexism I’ve seen was just “we’re not making this game for women”. And I am frankly ok with games existing that understand they’re for one target market or another or whatever. It feels like IGN has been really milking the sexism thing when it comes to this game and it really seems like they want the game to fail in a way that goes beyond how they behave with western devs. I don’t see them behaving this way to all the western devs that thoroughly deserve it. It makes me think that the game being Chinese in origin plays a role, particularly as they don’t miss out on telling everyone it’s Chinese each time.

    • Moonworm [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
      11·
      11 days ago

      Yeah we’re just gonna keep seeing people find problems with this game as it’s among the first kind of “prestige” video games coming out of China. Also there probably is sexism in the studio and also the game looks pretty sick.

  • Thallo [she/her, he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    22·
    11 days ago

    For those who are reflexively defensive about anything China related, Chinese state supported media covered this story years ago. Chinese women themselves have been vocal about the creepy shit from this studio and sexism in the industry in general.

    Game Science may not have been prepared for all that attention. The day of the trailer’s release, founder and CEO Feng Ji wrote on microblogging platform Weibo: “We’ve been staffing up with new hires, and I’ve been sucked off so many times I can’t get an erection anymore.” Two days later he came back for more, writing, “Watching it (the trailer) made me wet too… My pants are about to burst!”

    Soon, internet sleuths had unearthed a pattern of lewd and offensive job postings by the company dating back to 2015. In one of the ads, a mouse cursor is placed over the private parts of a nude woman in a painting. The job advertisements were taken down after the controversy broke, but their sheer crassness drew harsh criticism, including from the country’s female gamers, many of whom had enthusiastically promoted the trailer when it was released.

    Is there any way to raise the status of female gamers and reduce sexism in gaming? Any real solution must involve improving the social status of Chinese women in general. But as for what the game industry can accomplish on its own, bringing more female voices in would be a good start. This would hopefully force companies to respect and consider women’s perspectives before making design decisions.